Program & Research Manager (Nia Project Research)- School of Medicine, Psych
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Grady Hospital
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Healthcare
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- A bachelor's degree in business or related field.
- Five years of professional experience in a related field such as business administration, research, or information systems management.
- Program or project management experience strongly preferred.
Nice to have
- Masters degree preferred.
- Interest in mental health and community based participatory research.
- Demonstrated research project and program management skills.
- Strong written and oral communications.
- Familiarity with human subject issues, research compliance, data requests of protected.
- Health information, and Institutional Review Board approval processes.
- Some experience working with database and statistical software.
Full description
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Description
Suicide prevention scholars within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences based at Grady Health System invite applications for a Full-Time Manager of Research Projects. The successful applicant will assist in managing multiple ongoing suicide prevention research projects, primarily focused on:
(1) Adverse childhood experiences and suicide attempts in Black women.
(2) Suicide attempts in Black men via firearms.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manages administrative and research activities in support of a specialized program or research center.
- Develops plans for program growth and development and serves as a liaison to various committees or organizations.
- May oversee the planning, logistics and implementation of various special events such as lectures, seminars, conferences, or research projects.
- Participates in developing and implementing various program related communications such as websites, publications, multimedia or video productions.
- May hire and supervise administrative or research related staff.
- Performs related responsibilities as required.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Coordinating day-to-day research project activities, including administrative tasks, participant recruitment, data collection, and participant compensation.
- Tracking study timelines and monitoring milestones.
- Preparing and compiling progress reports for IPRCE and funding agencies.
- Monitoring and tracking grant expenditures.
- Managing human subjects protections, including IRB submissions, approvals, and ongoing compliance.
- Building and managing the REDCap database in collaboration with the biostatistics team.
- Overseeing data entry, quality assurance, and data cleaning processes.
- Hiring, training, and supervising research staff in study procedures, assessment administration, and fidelity monitoring.
- Collaborating with Co-PIs and the Community Advisory Board (CAB) to ensure research relevance and community translation.
- Liaising with external partners.
- Participating in developing program communications (websites, social media).
- Assisting in preparing conference abstracts, manuscripts, and reports for participants and stakeholders.
- Performing additional related responsibilities as needed.